NORTH KOREAN ARMY UNIT IN HWANGHAE PROVINCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003600180003-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: February 16, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2002/02/05 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA003600180003-0
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
CONFIDENTIAL
This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person Is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
COUNTRY
Korea
REPORT NO.
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SUBJECT
North Korean Army Unit in Hwanghae
Province
DATE DISTR.
16 February 19511.
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. On 2O September 1953 there was an infantry company belonging to the 9233 (sic)
North ltorea:ti Army Un .t1 at BT ]:0R in Toechae., Tosong-ni (N 37-58, E 126-O3)
(BT-4106), Hwanghae Province. A large tiled house in the center of Toechae
served as the.company headquarters. There were approximately 170 men in the
company, and their arms included M-1 rifles, Soviet-made rifles, and PPSh'so
The company, which had moved into Toechae on 11 September, worked closely
with the local police in the maintenance of public order. The soldiers were
quartered in civilian houses, over 16 to each house.
20 On 5 October there was a unit of battalion strength belching to the 9233(sic)
North Korean Army Unitl At BT-372015 in Toec.hi, Songhang-ni (N 37-56,',E.126-00),
(BT-3602), Hwanghae Province. Supplies for the'battalion came from Yonan twice
a month. The battalion was used to maintain public order locally, and to guard
the coast, especially thT vicinity of the Sauji levee ;(N 37-55, E 126-00) (YC-
636008).
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25X1 A 1. Comment from a farmer in the
area concerned, on 31 August 1953 the 9233 (sic) Unit of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs was stationed at Tohwa-dong (N 37-55; E 126-00) (YC-635015),
Hwanghae Province. The unit had been stationed,,,,it this area in the middle of
M_l953, then moved to Pyo$song-gun, and returned to the Tohwa-dong area in
August. The unit comprised 250 men, commanded by a captain who wore four
small stars. Their mission wss to guard the coastal area and to arrest South
Korean guerrillas and undergroUnd resistapc,e personnel for whom they occasionally
searched in the fields. Constant contact was maintained with the local police
station.
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